FrogOsiris with His Living Heart
Date1972
Artist
David Gilhooly
(American ceramicist and printmaker, 1943−2013)
MediumGlazed earthenware
Dimensions44 1/8 x 22 3/4 x 13 in. (112.1 x 57.8 x 33 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. John E. and Carol Hunt, 2009
Object number2009-95
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSCULPTURE
Label TextAs part of the West coast Funk Ceramic movement of the late 1960s, David Gilhooly began to create FrogWorld-a mythological place based loosely on the history of ancient Egypt. The artist explains that in this fictional world there are "various disguises of Osiris…rather than just being a vegetable god, he was also an accomplished performer and opener of supermarkets, and a blesser of gardens."
